Wild Blue Cats

“The Executive Director will review the Form 990 before it is filed. A copy of the Form 990 will be provided to each Board Member.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy that requires Officers, Directors, and employees to disclose potential conflicts of themselves and their family members.”

“The copy of form 1023 - application for tax exemption - the IRS approval letter and Form 990 are available to the public upon request. The organization keeps the articles of incorporation, bylaws and conflict of interest policy available to the public upon request.”

“Wild Blue Cats seeks to save the previous lives of cats and kittens who are neglected, abandoned, or surrendered and find them forever homes or provide them lifetime sanctuary. We also conduct TNR ventures outside City limits while supporting TNR efforts inside the City limits to the best of our ability. Wild Blue Cats supports people in our community by providing opportunities for emotional/physical healing through animal therapies. Our Kids 'n Kats program focuses specifically on helping children develop skills and compassion through working with cats.”

“In 2020 our focus again remained on cats since there are fewer cat rescues in El Paso County. The number of cats Wild Blue took in during 2020 was a record 969 cats compared to the 812 cats in 2019. The 962 cats taken in during 2020 is a 22% increase over both 2018 and 2019; and a 44% increase over 2017. During 2020, 821 cats were adopted which is 85% of the total taken in. Wild Blue consistently adopts out over 80% of its annual cat intake. Since Wild Blue was founded almost 6,000 cats have been positively impacted by Wild Blue; 1,657 cats have been transferred to Wild Blue from other organizations; 2,356 stray cats have found their way to Wild Blue; 416 healthy kittens have been born to mamas cared for by Wild Blue and there have been over 469 community cats in the Frontier Ferals TNR program that were fixed and vaccinated in 2020 alone. Wild Blue continues working with national organizations such as Best Friends Animal Society, Petco and PetSmart. Wild Blue continues to work with regional agencies such as DDFL Solutions, Teller County Animal_Shelter, National Mill Dog Rescue in Falcon/Peyton, Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, Happy Cat Haven, Feline Fix and St. Paws Thrift Store. To promote finding forever homes for our cats, Wild Blue holds adoption events every Saturday - except when prevented from doing so by COVID concerns - which now alternate between a Petco store and a PetSmart store in Colorado Springs. In 2020 Wild Blue's veterinary partners included Aspen View Vet Hospital, Black Forest Veterinary Clinic, Four Paws Vet Clinic, High Plains Vet Hospital, Dr. Erin Davezac, Dr. Julie Sperry and Ponderosa Vet Clinic. Wild Blue has continued its Trap/Neuter/Return program - Frontier ferals - focusing on pregnant and nursing feral cats and their kittens. Our Fix Feline Families program continued during 2020 and is funded primarily using grant funding from the Petco Foundation, PetSmart Charities, and Best Friends Animal Society's Life Saving Grant. We are now also running an owned pet spay/neuter program called Kitties in our Kommunity funded by a Colorado tax checkoff grant. Our feral cat sanctuary - Maya's Friends Wildheart Village - was expanded in 2019 to add a second sanctuary primarily for nursing and pregnant mothers. Wild Blue continues to raise funds for its Critical Care Unit and started initial construction in 2019; the pandemic slowed progress significantly in 2020; we now expect it to be completed in 2021. The Unit will include a nursery for pregnant/nursing queens and neonatal orphaned kitties. The Critical Care Unit will also have space for a limited number of FIV and FelV positive cats.”